Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
The first part of Wagner’s tetralogy is a prologue depicting the ‘original sin’ committed when the dwarf Alberich renounces love to be able to forge from the stolen Rhine gold a ring that gives him infinite power. Wotan, king of the gods, resolves to take it from him. But what will come of this disruption of the natural order that violates every written and unwritten law?
CREATORS
Composer: Richard Wagner
Director, visual concept: Géza M. Tóth
Set designer: Ildikó Tihanyi
Costume designer: Ibolya Bárdosi
Dramaturg: Eszter Orbán
Projected scenery: Antonin Krizsanics, Miklós Gerdelics, Kristóf Jurik
Roland Kazi, Tibor Nagy, Péter Piros, Doraya Bouandel
English subtitles: Arthur Roger Crane
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
The Hungarian State Opera enlisted Béla Balázs Prize-winning animated film director Géza M. Tóth for the mammoth artistic undertaking that commenced in the spring of 2015:
the re-conceptualisation of the entire Ring Cycle.
Watch the teaser
General cast
Conductor Péter Halász
Wotan Mihály Kálmándi
Donner Sándor Egri
Froh Zoltán Nyári
Loge Adrian Eröd
Alberich Marcus Jupither
Mime Zoltán Megyesi
Fasolt Krisztián Cser
Fafner Géza Gábor
Fricka Judit Németh
Freia Borbála Keszei
Erda Erika Gál
Woglinde Eszter Wierdl
Wellgunde Krisztina Simon
Flosshilde Melinda Heiter